2023 Formula One Random Discussion Thread

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:51 am

Year two of simplified cars and one more of DRS train

Teams and drivers

Code:

Oracle Red Bull Racing (Red Bull Honda RBPT) (AUT-UK) (DCx6) (CCx5)
1 - Max Verstappen (NED) (Wx2)
11 - Sergio Pérez (MEX)

Scuderia Ferrari(ITA) (DCx15) (CCx16)
16- Charles Leclerc (MON)
55 - Carlos Sainz Jr. (SPA)

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (GER-UK) (DCx9) (CCx8)
44 - Lewis Hamilton (UK) (Wx7) 
63 - George Russell (UK)

BWT Alpine F1 Team (Alpine Renault) (FRA-UK) (DCx2) (CCx2)
10 - Pierre Gasly (FRA)
31 - Esteban Ocon (FRA)

McLaren F1 Team (McLaren Mercedes) (UK) (DCx12) (CCx8)
4 - Lando Norris (UK)
81 - Oscar Piastri (AUS)

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari) (SWI-ITA)
24 - Zhou Guanyu (CHI)
77 - Valtteri Bottas (FIN)

Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (Aston Martin Mercedes) (UK)
14 - Fernando Alonso (SPA) (Wx2)
18 - Lance Stroll (CAN)

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (Haas Ferrari) (USA-UK)
20 - Kevin Magnussen (DEN)
27 - Nico Hülkenberg (GER)

Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda RBPT (ITA)
21 - Nyck de Vries (NED)
22 - Yuki Tsunoda (JAP)

Williams Racing (Williams Mercedes) (UK) (DCx7) (CCx9)
2 - Logan Sargeant (USA)
23 - Alexander Albon (THA)

Planned Calendar

Spoiler:

so will Mercedes have an easy one? And how will Ferrari disappoint us again?

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:30 pm

Congratulations Red Bull and Max Verstappen, 2023 Champions by the end of the European season if not before.

Soul Reaver · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:37 am

Congratulations Paul Tracy, Winner of the 2023 Indy 500

Omega · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:52 am

Congratulations Sebastian Loeb, winner of the 2023 Monte Carlo rally

Juihi · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:59 am

Congratulations Dale Earnhardt Jr, winner of the 2023 NASCAR Cup

JJ · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:16 pm

Congratulations Nico Hülkenberg, equalling his career-best result by finishing 4th.

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:05 pm

that if Haas doesn't build a dog of a car again

Fabs · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:20 pm

Ferrari will fall back to being the 4th quickest car.

amq55 · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 6:53 pm

Ben Sulayem has asked to open a process for teams to express interest in joining F1.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:25 pm

amq55 wrote:

Ben Sulayem has asked to open a process for teams to express interest in joining F1.

His first good deed

Obviously the teams are against it, so you have to wonder what the real game plan is here, stamping his authority, wanting something else to be eased through, because it it'll be hard to get them to accept a shared revenue loss if 1 or 2 new teams come in...

RtN · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:48 pm

Vasseur reportedly starting off well at Ferrari by ditching the crypto sponsor.

Juihi · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:24 pm

codename_47 wrote:

amq55 wrote:

Ben Sulayem has asked to open a process for teams to express interest in joining F1.

His first good deed

Obviously the teams are against it, so you have to wonder what the real game plan is here, stamping his authority, wanting something else to be eased through, because it it'll be hard to get them to accept a shared revenue loss if 1 or 2 new teams come in...

The teams will never want an extra competitor for multiple reasons, so I think in this instance given the appetite to join F1 from high quality sources, it's only right he steps in

cookie · PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:12 pm

If the teams don't want an extra team, then the last team in the championship just gets replaced by a new team. Easy solution. Want back in? Wait in line again behind other new teams that want in. Every year last team gets replaced. They´ll up the team limit from 10 to 12 or 13 very fast this way.

Beezle · PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:38 am

cookie wrote:

If the teams don't want an extra team, then the last team in the championship just gets replaced by a new team. Easy solution. Want back in? Wait in line again behind other new teams that want in. Every year last team gets replaced. They´ll up the team limit from 10 to 12 or 13 very fast this way.

Every team that wants in has to file a F2 team first. Winner of constructors WC in F2 replaces last in F1.

Omega · PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:51 pm

Like a football competition. Last F1 team goes to F2, winning F2 team goes up.

This would be such a bad idea, that I can´t believe Domenicaly hasn´t planned it yet.

Vassago · PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:58 am

Omega wrote:

Like a football competition. Last F1 team goes to F2, winning F2 team goes up.

This would be such a bad idea, that I can´t believe Domenicaly hasn´t planned it yet.

I believe the relegation thing was last used in F3000 in 2001? NASCAR also had that going until covid, three straight seasons as bottom three team and your charter is revoked?

RtN · PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 3:26 pm

RtN wrote:

Vasseur reportedly starting off well at Ferrari by ditching the crypto sponsor.

https://racingnews365.com/ferrari-faces ... f-sponsors

A little more complex than that - the crypto sponsor didn't pay (no wai!) and Ferrari also ended up in breach of contract.

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:40 pm

Andretti have now met the arbitrary suggestion that they need to bring a manufacturer with them, so we shall see what roadblock the teams invent next.

https://racer.com/2023/01/05/andretti-p ... -f1-entry/

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:16 pm

aside for Andretti, is there any other party interested in building a team from scratch?

I can already see FIA vetoing Michael from entering once he meets those demands (considering he does it) and allowing shady characters such as eastern european gangsters or chinese entrepeneurs with that sweet chinese communist party money to spend in F1 as good old money laundering

micha · PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2023 8:28 pm

FIA allows Andretti-GM in. Things are signed, GM pulls out but Andretti is still in unless they pay Andretti billions. All this will be possible because of the loophole fetish the fia has and GM using said loophole to pull out.

Watch something like that to happen.

Or GM gonna do a OEM deal with Renault or RBR. They will not produce their own engine.

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